Manager, Implementation (IT)

About the role

Rippling’s Product Specialist team ensures customers see incredible business transformation through Rippling's most complex products. Our engagements are consultative. Our specialists deeply understand the customers’ unique pain points, offer creative solutions, and build/set up their Rippling environment to address their needs. Hence, our specialists serve as a bridge between the customer and product teams. They are instrumental in driving adoption.

What You Will Do

• Direct a global team of IT Product Specialists, fostering accountability, continuous professional development, and execution excellence.
• Lead the front-line execution of IT implementations from client kickoff through go-live, ensuring your team hits key milestones and maximizes product adoption.
• Identify and mitigate risks associated with implementation projects, act as an escalation point for complex client implementations and technical issues.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with Rippling Sales, Technical Account Management, and Support teams to create a seamless customer journey.
• Collaborate with Product & Engineering to continuously improve product functionality based on customer feedback in Implementation.
• Monitor key performance metrics and continuous improvement on KPIs while helping to optimize playbooks and frameworks for increased simplicity and efficiency.

What You Will Need

• 2+ years of professional experience directly managing teams within a customer-facing organization, such as Professional Services, Customer Implementation and Technical Client Support.
• 5+ years of overall experience in customer onboarding or software implementation, with a clear understanding of managing external customer relationships and project timelines.
• Strong foundational knowledge of corporate IT landscapes.
• You must be comfortable coaching a team that works daily with MDM, identity provisioning (SSO, SAML/OIDC), Zero Touch deployment, and Endpoint Lifecycle Management (e.g., Google Workspace, Azure AD, Okta).
• A track record of developing, tracking, and optimizing operational metrics, team capacity, and project timelines.
• Self-starter with a bias towards action, energized by ambiguity and a fast-paced environment, with a strong desire to build.

Additional Information

• Rippling is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive workforce and do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, sexual orientation, veteran or military status, or any other legally protected characteristics.
• To request a reasonable accommodation, please email accomodations@rippling.com
• Rippling highly values having employees working in-office to foster a collaborative work environment and company culture. For office-based employees (employees who live within a defined radius of a Rippling office), Rippling considers working in the office, at least three days a week under current policy, to be an essential function of the employee's role.
• This role will receive a competitive salary + benefits + equity. The salary for US-based employees will be aligned with one of the ranges below based on location; see which tier applies to your location here.